Features (11)

When DIIV first broke out four years ago, frontman Zachary Cole Smith was a champion of dreamy guitar rock. Then everything cracked apart. Written in the wake of a very public heroin bust, DIIV’s new album tells a cautionary tale. By Jeremy Gordon.

Here is a list of albums from vital artists who are supposed to gift us with new music this year; we know more about some than about others, but all of them are making us very optimistic for the future.

Taking place on Randall's Island in NYC, this year's Governors Ball featured acts such as Rae Sremmurd, Björk, Drake, Lana Del Rey, and more. Photographer Erez Avissar was there to capture onstage moments as well as portraits of the artists.

Our overview of last weekend's Primavera festival featuring photos and set reviews of acts including Patti Smith, Perfume Genius, Mac DeMarco, and Run the Jewels. By Mark Richardson and Jeremy Gordon; photos by Maria Louceiro and Tom Spray.

Frontman Zachary Cole Smith sounds off to Ian Cohen about, well, everything: the nostalgic complacency of indie rock, SXSW scams, being compared to Kurt Cobain, his more personal second LP, and how Sky Ferreira saved his life.

Evan Minsker talks to the leader of wistful Brooklyn guitar rockers Dive, Zachary Cole Smith, about recording songs on answering machines, acid epiphanies, Nirvana, and how his dad wrote one of the most famous jingles of the last 20 years.